"I knew it a long time ago." Liu Zhenzhen smiled helplessly, "That's how her sister Li Hong was chosen last year, and this year will be no exception."
Xia Qianqian was shocked and angry: "Is there any law here?"
"The Li family is the richest among us. We are poor and have low ambitions, so we can't beat her." Liu Zhenzhen sighed, "But it's a great honor to be elected to the town by the village. I'm satisfied."
"But I don't accept it!" Xia Qianqian raised her voice excitedly.
Liu Zhenzhen hurriedly said, "Keep your voice down and don't shout."
"Miss Liu, originally I participated in the election just to go through the motions, but later when I heard there was a reward, I took it seriously. If I lose based on my own strength, I don't care. But if someone manipulates me and squeezes me out, I won't accept it." Xia Qianqian waved her little fist, filled with righteous indignation.
She didn't even ask her ancestors for a backdoor, so why did she lose the election
While thinking of a countermeasure, Li Cui had already bribed the priest and returned triumphantly. Liu Zhenzhen sighed helplessly again. Xia Qianqian rolled her eyes and came up with a plan. She shouted to the priest who was about to leave downstairs: "Priest, please stay."
The priest stopped and asked: "What else?"
Xia Qianqian stood on the corridor on the second floor and said loudly: "The winter festival costs money every year. I just saw that the priest's robes are already old. I am willing to donate ten taels of money in my personal name to make the winter festival more dignified! Let our ancestors be more pleased!"
Everyone ate heartily, including Li Cui. She had only bribed two taels of silver, but Xia Qianqian wanted to donate ten taels!
The priest was silent for a moment and asked, "Xia Qianqian, are you serious?"
"We must be serious!" Xia Qianqian ran downstairs and said sincerely, "Pingning Town suffered from famine in the first half of this year. How many people suffered? I sincerely hope that my ancestors will protect me and that the weather will be good and the harvest will be good next year!"
After that, she took out two silver ingots weighing five taels and handed them to the priest solemnly: "Please present them to the ancestors on my behalf."
"Okay." The priest accepted it, his eyes unfathomable.
Li Cui was so angry that her mouth was about to twist. She shouted: "Xia Qianqian, you are breaking the rules. You really worked hard to be elected as a jade girl!"
"No! Miss Li is too superficial. I am not doing this for the election. I am doing this for our Pingning Town. Only when the weather is good and the crops are good will we not go hungry." Xia Qianqian held her head high and said confidently, "Besides, I donated money in public, which shows my sincerity. Unlike some people who do it secretly."
Li Cui's eyes changed instantly: Xia Qianqian knew that she bribed the priest? !
"Girl is so heroic!"
Just then, a young woman's voice came from outside the door, gentle, calm and stylish.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw a gorgeously dressed, noble lady walking into the inn with two maids. She had dark skin, a dignified face, and a calm temperament. It was Han Yuqing.
"My little girl, Han Yuqing, is late." Han Yuqing bowed to the priest, but was neither humble nor arrogant.
The priest's expression changed slightly, and he said politely, "Miss Han."
"I wonder if it's still in time since Yuqing is late for the test tonight as the priest is going to take it. " Han Yuqing smiled gently.
All the girls were silent. Li Cui was so angry that she twisted the handkerchief in her hand: "Now that the Han family has someone, what role do they have? They are just foils!" Her two taels of silver were wasted.
However, thinking of the ten taels that Xia Qianqian had just spent, Li Cui smiled again. Ten taels of silver was not enough for the Han family to have a meal, and Xia Qianqian's kick was even more real!
(End of this chapter)